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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Assunta seem always to by touched by regarding Salvatore?
(a) He altruism.
(b) His gentle sweetness.
(c) He physical prowess.
(d) His perseverance in the face of adversity.

2. How many children did Assunta and Salvatore have?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

3. What work does Salvatore do when he settles home after returning from military service?
(a) He works as a cook for a wealthy family.
(b) Fishing and working on his father's vineyard.
(c) He refused to work and just hangs out on the beach.
(d) He works with his mother cleaning houses.

4. What word is used to describe the size of the "white-washed" house Salvatore and Assunta buy?
(a) Tiny.
(b) Gigantic.
(c) Miniscule.
(d) Microscopic.

5. What rare quality does the narrator say he was trying to paint a portrait of in his story "Salvatore"?
(a) Evil.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Courage.
(d) Goodness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Salvatore's fiancé say she can no longer marry him?

2. How is Salvatore's laughter described when he bathes his child?

3. What would Salvatore do when his rheumatism made it impossible for him to work?

4. Where did Salvatore go to have a good look at Assunta before deciding whether he would marry her or not?

5. What did foreigners say about Italian fishermen when they saw Salvatore on the beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Salvatore understand that the girl he loves will not marry him?

2. What would Salvatore do if his rheumatism became too bad for him to work?

3. Though Salvatore found Assunta physically unattractive, what could she offer him if they married?

4. What does the narrator say he set out to do in the story?

5. What did Salvatore's fiancé tell him "with the blunt directness of her race" (5) when he went to see her at her home after he returned rom military service?

6. How did Salvatore's family learn he was not going to marry the girl he loved?

7. Describe Salvatore washing his babies near the end of the story?

8. How is Assunta described after she and Salvatore marry? What does she look like? What type of person is she?

9. What did Salvatore do for work after he and Assunta married?

10. What happened to Assunta's fiancé?

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